In the Heyuan Mansion, the mansion that has been in office for a period of time is a handsome middle-aged man, and at this moment he is sitting on the Taishi chair, slowly sipping tea.

A goatee master on the side was holding a text and whispering to him about it.

The master of the chief officials in various parts of the Great Chen Dynasty has no real power, and the invisible power depends on the trust and distrust of the owner who hired him. There is no possibility of being like the master of the previous dynasty, the chief official takes care of the wind and snow, and all the power of the government is in the hands of the master and the officials below.

In the Great Chen Dynasty, almost any power was firmly held in the hands of officials, the officials were just errands, and the master was to help fill in the gaps, and any power had to be approved by the upper officials before it could be implemented.

The reason why this is the case is because there were too many officials in the Great Chen Dynasty! In the previous dynasty, the head of the six houses at the county level originally belonged to the level of officials, and it was a position held by local officials for generations, and the entire county, that is, the county commander, the county officer, and the chief bookkeeper, were officials. Others, whether it is a county lieutenant, a patrol head, a fast catcher, etc., are all unequaled officials.

But in the Dachen Dynasty, as long as he is the head of a department, he is an official, and the head of the six houses is a high-ranking official in the eyes of the civilians.

Therefore, in the Great Chen Dynasty, there were only redundant officials, absolutely no dog officials, and all rights were in the hands of officials, but in this way, some dirty things engaged in by the government could not find a substitute for the dead ghosts, so they could only pour dirty water on the petty officials.

Therefore, the power of the master of Futai is not prominent, and he can't show off his power like before, so he can only be a master in the real sense of the word.

"Master, the Shuilin District has paid a tribute of 700,000 taels of silver, and the officials and officials below are already staring at it, how do you think we should divide the profits?" the master reminded carefully.

"The total transaction volume of the Shuilin District is 7.8 million, right? It is actually only 700,000 yuan? Hmph, it is too much to ignore me, the superior! The higher-level department only shares one-tenth of the profit, hum, the difference between the purchase price of timber and the transaction price is so huge, even if it is handed over to 30%, the Shuilin District will also make a lot of plutonium!" Futai said with a sneer.

The master was full of slander in his heart: "Damn, how much money people make is none of your business, and you are willing to share one-tenth of the profits, that is, because the government comes forward to do business, otherwise people will directly do business privately and give you a hair!"

It's no wonder that the master who is a private person in the government can't help but slander like this, that's because in the Great Chen Dynasty, the property of the gentry is sacrosanct, unless it is a rebellion, otherwise there will be no crime of implicating relatives, and it is also a big crime, otherwise it is only against the family of the party. There will be no crime of raiding the family and exterminating the family.

Moreover, with the strong protection of officials and officials, the so-called raiding of the family is only a copy of the floating wealth in the family, and other industries will not be moved, which is enough for the family of the prisoner to live in peace. It's not that everyone is soft-hearted, but the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, and Shenkong himself will also encounter such a thing of copying his home in the future, and now let it go, and he can enjoy this treatment if he really wants to commit a crime in the future.

And the so-called laws are just formulated by officials, so they privately make an extra-legal situation, and they don't need the royal family to know, and all officials can support it throughout the country. As for this kind of thing of copying homes and only copying floating wealth, is there any official who does not support it?

No matter how vicious and greedy an official is, he will not dare to mess around, and he really thinks that this official can be an official for a lifetime? Who dares to guarantee that he will not have such a day? Therefore, being convenient with others is convenient with himself, and everyone will do a good job.

It was also because of this mentality that the master heard that his master actually disliked the lack of money to pay tribute below, so he dared to slander him.

Of course, it's just a slander, the master eats the food of Futai, so naturally he will not go against Futai's wishes, of course, this is also the reason why he knows why Futai is so aimed at the water forest area, otherwise he, as a master, will definitely remind his master that doing this will cause trouble.

Thinking that the master was only targeting Zhang Hongyi in the Shuilin District, the master touched his goatee and suggested carefully: "Master, why don't we spread the news, just say that the Shuilin District has made such a huge profit, but only one-tenth of the profit of the tribute district, which makes our government very unhappy?

Futai glanced at the master, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Do you really think that this official is greedy for this profit? This money doesn't all fall into the official's pocket, and the people of the entire government have to share the profit, and the official has raised the amount of money handed over in the Shuilin District, and the people in the government are happy, but the people in the entire Heyuan Mansion who rely on the government to make money are annoyed!"

"Well, we can imply that it's just for the water forest area. "Master is busy saving.

"Hmph! Why does this official only target the water forest area? Does this official have any enmity with the water forest area? Spread it out so that the world will think of this official? Say that this official can't even tolerate the debut of the new science case of this mansion?

It's an obedient old dog, but it's not a smart old dog. But there's no way, where can a really capable person be a master, he would have been an official a long time ago! I really thought that it was still the era of the previous dynasty, and being a master could also be a splendid future and a lot of money!

"Uh......" Master was stunned, didn't you look like you were going to do it viciously before? Why do you look like it's none of your business now? Damn, this will make your master very sad to know?!

Futai was very helpless, his cronies' brains were not flexible enough, but they couldn't, and it was not easy to accept cronies these days, so he said: "This official just got the news that the House of Nobles has determined that Zhang Hongyi is the lord, with a territory of 10 square kilometers, located in the eagle's beak bend by the sea hundreds of miles away from Guangnan Mansion. In other words, Zhang Hongyi has become a nobleman, and it is not so easy to deal with him. ”

"Ah?!Lord?!How is this possible? Didn't he Zhang Hongyi just become an eight-rank official because of his identity as the head of the case, not long after the end of the imperial examination?

"Damn! If Lao Tzu knew, Lao Tzu would also meow to establish meritorious deeds! He can establish meritorious deeds even more if he is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, and Lao Tzu will naturally be even more able to establish meritorious deeds!" Fu Tai also said with envy and jealousy, just looking at his swear words, you can know how excited he is.

He is not to blame for this, after all, it is very difficult for civil officials to have knighthoods, because civil officials have no way to establish meritorious deeds. So don't look at him as the prefect of Wupin, but he doesn't have a knighthood, so he is definitely jealous that Zhang Zhongjun is a nobleman at such a young age.

"It can't be bought with money, right?" said the master very jealously.

"Impossible, if the title of the imperial court can be bought, it will be worthless for a long time, not to mention that the emperor is not happy, and the cabinet ministers will not be happy, and the noble house will even more reject this kind of thing that lowers their grades. So Zhang Hongyi, this kid must have established meritorious deeds, but this kid didn't run anywhere, how could he establish meritorious deeds?"

"Master, that Zhang Hongyi went to Magong Town to sell wood, and now Shanzhou Mansion is in the turbulent area of the White Lotus Sect, you say that his feats will not be obtained in exchange for attacking the White Lotus Sect, right?" the master reminded with a roll of his eyes.

"Hey, it's really possible, he actually dared to snatch and exterminate the White Lotus Sect's merits, this is looking for death, those garrisons will definitely trouble him if they know about it!" Fu Tai patted his thigh and smiled.

"Yes, the merit of exterminating the White Lotus Sect has long been regarded as forbidden by the garrison, and if others dare to touch it, it will be looking for death! Master, do you want to spread the news?" the master said with a cruel smile.

"Well, over to you. Futai began to taste tea slowly again.

"Yes!" the master said goodbye and left.

(End of chapter)